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To that place you must go;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Rather, you must seek the LORD your God at the place of worship he himself will choose from among all the tribes—the place where his name will be honored.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But you shall seek the place that the LORD your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, <i>even</i> unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“But you shall seek the place where the LORD your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you shall seek <i>the L<i>ORD</i></i> at the place which the LORD your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and you shall come there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But you shall seek the LORD at the place which the LORD your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But you shall seek <i>the LORD</i> at the place which the LORD your God shall choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But you shall seek <i>Yahweh</i> at the place which Yahweh your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But you shall seek <i>the L<i>ORD</i></i> at the place which the LORD your God will choose out of all your tribes to establish His Name there for His dwelling [place], and there you shall come [to worship Him].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, turn to the place the LORD your God chooses from all your tribes to put his name for his dwelling and go there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, you must turn to the place Yahweh your God chooses from all your tribes to put His name for His dwelling and go there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD your God will choose a place out of all your tribes to live and put his name. Go there and worship him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Out of the territory of all your tribes the LORD will choose the one place where the people are to come into his presence and worship him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Instead, you must seek to enter only the place that the LORD your God will choose among your tribes. There he will establish his name and live. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />rather—that you seek after the place which your God YHWH chooses out of all your tribes to put His Name there, for His Dwelling Place, and you have entered there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> but unto the place which Jehovah your God doth choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His tabernacle ye seek, and thou hast entered thither,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />But the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, to his dwelling shall ye seek, and there do thou come:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Instead, you shall approach the place which the Lord your God will choose among all your tribes, so that he may set his name there, and may dwell in that place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Instead, you shall seek out the place which the LORD, your God, chooses out of all your tribes and designates as his dwelling to put his name there. There you shall go,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But you shall seek the place that the LORD your God will choose out of all your tribes as his habitation to put his name there. You shall go there,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, his habitation shall you seek, and thither you shall go;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />But in the place that LORD JEHOVAH your God had chosen from all your tribes to put his name there, be seeking out the house of his dwelling and going there:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, even unto His habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose in one of your cities to name his name there, and to be called upon, ye shall even seek <i>him</i> out and go thither.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=3577" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">One Place for Worship</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Instead,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/1875.htm" title="1875: ṯiḏ·rə·šū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow; by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship.">you must seek</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: ham·mā·qō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">the place</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: yiḇ·ḥar (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">will choose</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kāl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">from among all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7626.htm" title="7626: šiḇ·ṭê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. a stick Or a clan.">your tribes</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: lā·śūm (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">to establish</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="7931: lə·šiḵ·nōw (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3ms) -- A primitive root (by transmission) to shakab through the idea of lodging; compare cikluwth, shakam); to reside or permanently stay.">as a dwelling</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">for His Name,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām·māh (Adv:: 3fs) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">and there</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ū·ḇā·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">you must go.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3</a></span><br />And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16</a></span><br />For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/132-13.htm">Psalm 132:13-14</a></span><br />For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: / “This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">1 Kings 8:29</a></span><br />May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-6.htm">2 Chronicles 6:6</a></span><br />But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24</a></span><br />You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a></span><br />I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-13.htm">2 Chronicles 12:13</a></span><br />Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-21.htm">1 Kings 14:21</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">2 Chronicles 7:12</a></span><br />the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20-24</a></span><br />Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-20.htm">Matthew 18:20</a></span><br />For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">Hebrews 10:19-22</a></span><br />Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, / by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, / and since we have a great priest over the house of God, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-48.htm">Acts 7:48-49</a></span><br />However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: / ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3</a></span><br />And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even to his habitation shall you seek, and thither you shall come:</p><p class="hdg">But unto</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Deuteronomy 12:11</a></b></br> Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/16-2.htm">Deuteronomy 16:2</a></b></br> Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/26-2.htm">Deuteronomy 26:2</a></b></br> That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put <i>it</i> in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.</p><p class="hdg">habitation</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-2.htm">Exodus 15:2</a></b></br> The LORD <i>is</i> my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he <i>is</i> my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/25-22.htm">Exodus 25:22</a></b></br> And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which <i>are</i> upon the ark of the testimony, of all <i>things</i> which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/7-89.htm">Numbers 7:89</a></b></br> And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that <i>was</i> upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-2.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/numbers/14-24.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-5.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/numbers/16-27.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/numbers/35-34.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-1.htm">Thither</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-23.htm">Tribes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-2.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-1.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-15.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-2.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-2.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Thither</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Tribes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-4.htm">The place of God's service to be kept</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Blood is forbidden</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Holy things must be eaten in the holy place</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">The Levite is not to be forsaken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Blood is again forbidden</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">and holy things must be eaten in the holy place</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Idolatry is not to be enquired after</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It contrasts with the previous practices of worshiping at various high places. The directive to "seek" implies intentionality and obedience to God's command, highlighting the importance of centralized worship.<p><b>the LORD your God will choose</b><br>This underscores God's sovereignty and divine selection. The choice of the place is not left to human decision but is determined by God Himself. This reflects the biblical theme of God choosing specific locations for His purposes, as seen with the selection of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.<p><b>from among all your tribes</b><br>This indicates that the chosen place will be significant for the entire nation of Israel, not just a single tribe. It reinforces the unity of the twelve tribes under one God and one central place of worship, prefiguring the unity found in the body of Christ.<p><b>to establish as a dwelling for His Name</b><br>The concept of God's Name dwelling in a place signifies His presence and authority. This is not about God being confined to a location but about His Name being honored and His presence being manifest. This foreshadows the New Testament understanding of Jesus as the ultimate dwelling of God's presence (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>).<p><b>and there you must go</b><br>This command requires the Israelites to make a pilgrimage to the chosen place, emphasizing obedience and reverence. It prefigures the call for believers to come to Christ, the true temple, for worship and fellowship (<a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">Hebrews 10:19-22</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is establishing a central place of worship.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are being instructed on how to worship properly.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_place.htm">The Place</a></b><br>A specific location that God will choose for His Name to dwell, which later becomes Jerusalem.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/tribes_of_israel.htm">Tribes of Israel</a></b><br>The twelve tribes among whom God will choose the place for His Name.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/w/worship.htm">Worship</a></b><br>The act of reverence and adoration directed towards God, central to the Israelites' relationship with Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/centrality_of_worship.htm">Centrality of Worship</a></b><br>Worship should be centered on God’s chosen way and place, emphasizing obedience and reverence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God’s Sovereignty</a></b><br>God chooses the place of worship, highlighting His authority and the importance of following His guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_worship.htm">Unity in Worship</a></b><br>A central place of worship fosters unity among believers, reminding us of the importance of gathering together.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_fulfillment.htm">Spiritual Fulfillment</a></b><br>While the Israelites had a physical location, Christians are called to worship in spirit and truth, recognizing Jesus as the ultimate dwelling of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_blessing.htm">Obedience and Blessing</a></b><br>Obedience to God’s commands regarding worship leads to blessing and a deeper relationship with Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_insist_on_one_worship_site_in_deut._12_5.htm">In Deuteronomy 12:5, why does the text insist on a single worship location when Israel’s central sanctuary seems to have varied or been established later in Jerusalem? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_build_a_separate_altar_in_joshua_22_10.htm">How do we reconcile the building of a separate altar in Joshua 22:10 with earlier commands to worship at one central sanctuary? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_david's_claim_fit_god's_vast_domain.htm">How does David’s statement about being driven from the Lord’s inheritance align with the belief that God’s domain extends beyond any single land? (1 Samuel 26:19)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_joshua_22_align_with_deut._12.htm">How does Joshua 22 align with other passages that mandate a single place of worship (e.g., Deuteronomy 12), and why is there no mention of God’s direct intervention here? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes.</span>--The very form of the order proves its antiquity. No one who was acquainted with the removal of that "place" from Shiloh to Nob, from Nob to Gibeon, from Gibeon to Jerusalem, could have written with such utter unconsciousness of later history as these words imply. It is noticeable that in the reading of this precept in the times of our Lord, the Jews seem to have arrived at the came state of unconsciousness. They could not conseive of the presence or worship of Jehovah anywhere but at Jerusalem. (See on this topic St. Stephen's speech in Acts 7, and the incidental proofs it contains of God's presence with Israel <span class= "ital">in many places, </span>in reply to the accusation made against Stephen of preaching the destruction of the one idolized seat of worship at Jerusalem.)<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Instead,</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֠י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you must seek</span><br /><span class="heb">תִדְרְשׁ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiḏ·rə·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1875.htm">Strong's 1875: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the place</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמָּק֞וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will choose</span><br /><span class="heb">יִבְחַ֨ר</span> <span class="translit">(yiḇ·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, select</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from among all</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your tribes</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·ṭê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7626.htm">Strong's 7626: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to establish</span><br /><span class="heb">לָשׂ֥וּם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·śūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as a dwelling</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשִׁכְנ֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šiḵ·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7933.htm">Strong's 7933: </a> </span><span class="str2">A residence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for His Name,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and there</span><br /><span class="heb">שָֽׁמָּה׃</span> <span class="translit">(šām·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you must go.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָ֥אתָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 12:5 But to the place which Yahweh your (Deut. 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